Neovascularization of the optic disc after highly active antiretroviral therapy in an AIDS patient with cytomegalovirus retinitis - A new immune recovery-related ocular disorder?

Authors
Postelmans, L Payen, MC De Wit, S Caspers-Velu, L
Citation
L. Postelmans et al., Neovascularization of the optic disc after highly active antiretroviral therapy in an AIDS patient with cytomegalovirus retinitis - A new immune recovery-related ocular disorder?, OCUL IMMU I, 7(3-4), 1999, pp. 237-240
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Optalmology
Journal title
OCULAR IMMUNOLOGY AND INFLAMMATION
ISSN journal
09273948 → ACNP
Volume
7
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
237 - 240
Database
ISI
SICI code
0927-3948(199912)7:3-4<237:NOTODA>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
A patient with AIDS and cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis developed a massive bilateral peripheral occlusive vasculopathy with a bilateral neovasculariz ation of the optic disc five weeks after the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). No associate cause of occlusive vasculopath y was found. Occlusive vasculopathy and optic disc neovascularization may b e an immune recovery-related ocular disorder.